Abstract
Text added to the anthology of the correspondence of A.M.Ripellino and Czech intelectuals is a commentary of the collection of black and white photographic reproductions whose Ripellino become in Prague in the second half of the 1940's. Photographs were found in Ripellino's archive in Rome.
It happens of works by painters from Group 42 created mostly during the war period. Ripellino's interest succesively lead him to reserve a space to these artists in his famous neovel-essay Praga Magica.
The photographs show key works, but someofthem enrich the profil of Group 42.